WEBVTT WAS SET ON PURPOSE. ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER KATELYN SYKES HAS MORE. KATELYN: FIREFIGHTERS SAY THIS FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET. IT STARTED ON THE FRONT PORCH. A WOMAN WAS TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. SHE HAD TO JUMP TO SAFETY. AND FIREFIGHTERS SAY SHE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. WANDA BROWN: IT’S A TRUE MIRACLE THAT ANYBODY GOT OUT OF THIS. IT’S A TRUE MIRACLE. KATELYN: FOR NEIGHBOR WANDA BROWN, LAST NIGHT’S FIRE ALONG 26TH STREET BROUGHT BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES. WANDA BROWN: I HEARD AMBULANCES, FIRE TRUCKS. KATELYN: BROWN LOST HER HOME TO A FIRE IN 2016, SO SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY. WANDA BROWN: IT’S A TRAGEDY. IT’S DEVASTATING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THAT SOMEBODY DID CABLE -- IF SOMEBODY DID NOT GET OUT ALIVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING? IT’S DEVASTATING. KATELYN: FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THIS HOME JUST AFTER 10:00 TO FIND FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF BOTH FLOORS, QUICKLY SPREADING TO THE ROOF AND BOTH NEIGHBORING HOMES. PAM SCHUTTE: I WENT TO BE. -- BED. MY SON CAME IN, AND HE SAID THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE ACROSS THE STREET. SO WE BOTH RAN OUT, AND HE CALLED 911. KATELYN: THOSE FLAMES WERE SO INTENSE THEY DAMAGED A CAR PARKED IN FRONT. A WOMAN INSIDE THE HOME WHERE THE FIRE STARTED -- TRAPPED. CHIEF MARK STOWE: SHE WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE REAR BEDROOM WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THE SMOKE ALARMS WENT OFF. SHE IMMEDIATELY WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE. SEEING THE FLOOR. -- SEEING THE HEAVY SMOKE COMING FROM THE FIRST FLOOR. SHE HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE BEDROOM, AND SHE GOT OUT THE WINDOW. KATELYN: FORTUNATELY, SHE’S OK. AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BOTH NEIGHBORING HOMES. FIREFIGHTERS SAID EVIDENCE ON THE FRONT PORCH LED THEM TO RULE THIS ARSON, AND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. NEIGHBORS TOLD ME IT’S SCARY THAT SOMEONE WOULD INTENTIONALLY DO THIS AND WANT TO KNOW WHY, BUT HOLDING ON TO THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES ARE OTHERWISE OK. WANDA BROWN: THANK GOD. THANK GOD SOMEBODY GOT OUT. I PRAY THEY GOT OUT OF THERE SAFE

House destroyed in early morning fire

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Updated: 9:46 AM EDT Apr 28, 2018

UNIONTOWN, Pa. —

A house was destroyed in an early morning fire in Uniontown, Fayette County.

According to officials, the fire started just before 4 a.m. along Berkeley Street.

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It's believed the house was vacant. The buildings on both sides sustained minor damage.